 1 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 At breakfast this morning Jenni noticed that my left eye was full of blood and this is usually not a good sign. Dean also called this morning on Skype to tell me that he’d spoken with James’ dad and he had a recommendation for an eye surgeon in Sydney |
 2 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 Jenni made an appointment for me at 4:00 pm with Dr Franz Hoffman in Bad Tölz to see about my bleeding eye. To kill some time, we decided to visit the nearby town of Lenggries about 10 kms away so Jenni drove and parked in the main street. |
 3 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 Once parked we got to use our parking disk. The parking sign indicates that you are to use your parking disk and the limit is two hours. You set the time you arrive on your disk, put in on the dashboard and you are expected to be back before the time expires. What on earth do they do with all of those unemployed parking inspectors? And Government revenue? |
 4 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 Another curious thing: it was lunch time and some of the shops were shut. The hardware shop was closed for lunch from 12:00 to 2:00 but the shopkeeper left all of his stuff outside the shop while he had lunch. It never occurred to him that people might pinch it. I really like this about this part of Germany: an expectation that you will do the right thing. |
 5 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 The Isar River flows through Lenggries towards Bad Tölz. These kids were enjoying the sunshine. We wandered up and down the main street for a while and then went home until it was time for the appointment with Dr Hoffman. |
 6 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 Dr Hoffman took us into his office and he asked about the visit to the eye clinic in Munich. He took a quick look at my eye and said it was nothing, “Be gone in 3-4 weeks.” He then measured my blood pressure and it was high at 150/90 but not dangerous. He said that I was obviously feeling the stress of the situation I was in. |
 7 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 A big surprise came when it was time to pay the Doctor’s bill: nothing. Free of charge. Just like the other day when he came to our room and charged nothing. This is really weird but not surprising given the traditions and customs of the people here in Bavaria. |
 8 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 The message about the eye was a bit of good news. We decided to celebrate by Jenni buying a pair of shoes and a bottle of wine for herself. We bought some stuff from a deli and had a pleasant evening meal on the porch outside our room. |
 9 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 I phoned Rolf about tomorrow and we are going to the aircraft museum. He told me where to meet him and he even spelled the address. I tried to find it on Google maps and could not so I phoned back and he sent an email. The problem when he was spelling it to me is that in Germany their “I” sounds like our long “A” and “W” is a “V” and this was two of the first three letters. Pretty funny. |
 10 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 A horse just whinnied outside our room – what a delightful sound this is. Barbara’s guest house is a not a farm but a cattery for horses. It’s a place for big Kashas and Zulus. |
 11 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 After dinner, Jenni wandered around the farm and took a few pictures. The wood piles are always stacked so neatly here. |
 12 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 Wood is a sensible fuel because it is renewable and is consumed less quickly than it grows - in this country that is. |
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 19 Tuesday 29 June, 2010 This is the abandoned farm opposite Barbara's Gasthof. |
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